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THOMAS BURTON, KNIGHT
405 Writ mandamus. ‡ 7 December 1439. [Bate].
RUTLAND. Inquisition. Oakham. 21 April 1440. [Heton].
John Margeretson of Market Overton; Robert Louett , Richard de Wode , William Bailly , and William Nevill , of Ketton; John Ragdale , Henry Margeretson , and William Maidegode , of Ryhall; and John Parker , John Pyke , Hugh Eyre , and Robert Mantill , of Little Casterton.
He was seised of the following by grant of Edward, late duke of York , earl of Rutland and Cork, lord of Wight , for good and praiseworthy services, to Thomas and the heirs of his body. The grant was made by charter dated at London on 31 January 1415, shown to the jurors, where Thomas was described as the duke’s beloved bachelor, Thomas Burton, knight , and royal licence was previously obtained, also shown to the jurors. The licence was granted by letters patent dated at Leicester on 22 May 1414 [CPR 1413–16, p. 193], and the following details are more fully apparent in the charter and licence. He was thus seised in demesne as of fee tail, and died so seised. Little Casterton, the hundred within the hundred of East, with knights’ fees, homages, fealties, wards, marriages, reliefs, escheats, paths, waifs, strays, assize of bread and ale, ransoms with all fines from transgressions and other concealments and for licence to agree (licencia concordandi), issues forfeit, aids and certain amercements of the sheriffs, infangthief, outfangthief, chattels of felons, fugitives, outlaws and all other forfeitures, returns of all writs and execution of the same, rents, services, warrens, fisheries, courts, leets, view of frankpledge and all that belong to it, free customs and all other profits and emoluments whatsoever, held of the king in chief by service of one rose at Midsummer. In the hundred, there are 3 knights’ fees held by various free tenants, worth nothing yearly unless ward, marriage, or relief should fall. The court baron is held every three weeks and the view of frankpledge is held by the steward of the lordship twice yearly. The hundred is worth 3s. 4d. yearly above all burdens, reprises, expenses, and wages of the steward and other ministers. The rose is worth nothing yearly.
He died overseas in the city of Bayonne in Gascony on 19 August 1438. Thomas Burton, esquire , is his son and next heir, and aged 27 and more.
Successive escheators have occupied the hundred since his death, and taken the issues. [Head:] Delivered to court on 11 May 1440.
C 139/99/40 mm. 1–2